Collection Highlights
Alexander Hamilton (1757-1804)
Date:
ca. 1793
Object Number:
1928.18
Medium:
White marble
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Museum Collections
Luce Center
Oil lamps (pair)
Object Number:
1953.563ab
Date:
1830-1860
Medium:
Glass, brass, rubber
Dimensions:
overall: 9 3/4 x 4 in.
Description:
Pair of colorless pressed lead glass oil lamps; font has domed top above hexagonal tapering cylinder with panels with alternating pattern of circle above a star inside a circle or oval cartouche around five-pointed star; font attached with wafer to hexagonal baluster standard mounted on hexagonal base; hollow threaded metal rod fitted with rubber to brass collar.
Credit Line:
Gift of Clarence G. Michalis
Due to ongoing research, information about this object is subject to change.
